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Trade Secret: Why you’re not allowed to see Hell’s Kitchen film tax credit application
While the public has an interest in understanding how that loss occurs, an exemption for trade secrets in the state’s Freedom of Information Act makes that impossible.
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While the public has an interest in understanding how that loss occurs, an exemption for trade secrets in the state’s Freedom of Information Act makes that impossible.
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Trade Secret: Why you're not allowed to see Hell's Kitchen film tax credit application
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December 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Trade Secret: Why you’re not allowed to see Hell’s Kitchen film tax credit application
While the public has an interest in understanding how that loss occurs, an exemption for trade secrets in the state’s Freedom of Information Act makes that impossible.
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While the public has an interest in understanding how that loss occurs, an exemption for trade secrets in the state’s Freedom of Information Act makes that impossible.
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Target Investment: DOH commissioner awards extra funding to former employer
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Target Investment: DOH commissioner awards extra funding to former employer
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December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Target Investment: DOH commissioner awards extra funding to former employer
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Job Corps: controversial job training program might shutter
A report published by DOL officials on April 25 found that less than half of enrollees graduate, and, on average, the program costs taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars per student every year.
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A report published by DOL officials on April 25 found that less than half of enrollees graduate, and, on average, the program costs taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars per student every year.
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Job Corps: controversial job training program might shutter
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December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Job Corps: controversial job training program might shutter
A report published by DOL officials on April 25 found that less than half of enrollees graduate, and, on average, the program costs taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars per student every year.
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A report published by DOL officials on April 25 found that less than half of enrollees graduate, and, on average, the program costs taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars per student every year.
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Blight Fight: A foreclosure battle in Middletown
Unfortunately for Smith, what used to be a rural, agrarian neighborhood has turned into a quiet suburb, and Smith hasn’t kept his property up with the times.
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Unfortunately for Smith, what used to be a rural, agrarian neighborhood has turned into a quiet suburb, and Smith hasn’t kept his property up with the times.
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Blight Fight: A foreclosure battle in Middletown
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November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Blight Fight: A foreclosure battle in Middletown
Unfortunately for Smith, what used to be a rural, agrarian neighborhood has turned into a quiet suburb, and Smith hasn’t kept his property up with the times.
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Unfortunately for Smith, what used to be a rural, agrarian neighborhood has turned into a quiet suburb, and Smith hasn’t kept his property up with the times.
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The work environment at the state agency in charge of helping, housing, and nursing veterans appears to have deteriorated, with repeated conduct issues, in-fighting, and allegations of an unfair administration.
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Tight Ship: Disciplinary issues at the Department of Veteran Affairs
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November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The work environment at the state agency in charge of helping, housing, and nursing veterans appears to have deteriorated, with repeated conduct issues, in-fighting, and allegations of an unfair administration.
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Contractual Exclusion: Navigating denial of “medically necessary” treatment
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Contractual Exclusion: Navigating denial of "medically necessary" treatment
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October 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Contractual Exclusion: Navigating denial of “medically necessary” treatment
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As Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act celebrates its 50th anniversary, @foiakatherine.bsky.social for @insideinvestigator.bsky.social takes a look at how enforcement of the law has evolved. insideinvestigator.org/sunshine-on-...
Sunshine on a Cloudy Day? The State of FOIA at 50
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October 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
As Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act celebrates its 50th anniversary, @foiakatherine.bsky.social for @insideinvestigator.bsky.social takes a look at how enforcement of the law has evolved. insideinvestigator.org/sunshine-on-...
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Sunshine on a Cloudy Day? The State of FOIA at 50
Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) went into effect on October 1, 1975. In the intervening 50 years, enforcement of the law has evolved significantly.
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Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) went into effect on October 1, 1975. In the intervening 50 years, enforcement of the law has evolved significantly.
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Sunshine on a Cloudy Day? The State of FOIA at 50
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October 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Sunshine on a Cloudy Day? The State of FOIA at 50
Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) went into effect on October 1, 1975. In the intervening 50 years, enforcement of the law has evolved significantly.
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Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) went into effect on October 1, 1975. In the intervening 50 years, enforcement of the law has evolved significantly.
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Disorder in the courts: two families struggle for justice
After an alleged sexual assault in 2021, the victim's family has struggled for justice in a system they say has let them down at every turn.
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After an alleged sexual assault in 2021, the victim's family has struggled for justice in a system they say has let them down at every turn.
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Disorder in the courts: two families struggle for justice
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September 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Disorder in the courts: two families struggle for justice
After an alleged sexual assault in 2021, the victim's family has struggled for justice in a system they say has let them down at every turn.
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After an alleged sexual assault in 2021, the victim's family has struggled for justice in a system they say has let them down at every turn.
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The concept of “sensitive locations” where immigration enforcement is limited has existed since 1993, but guidelines were significantly expanded in 2011 under President Barack Obama. Now, ICE agents have a directive to use "common sense."
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Stranger Among You: Faith leadership amid changing immigration policy
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September 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The concept of “sensitive locations” where immigration enforcement is limited has existed since 1993, but guidelines were significantly expanded in 2011 under President Barack Obama. Now, ICE agents have a directive to use "common sense."
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In Custody: Overdose and withdrawal deaths in police custody
Questions about how these deaths happen, the circumstances surrounding them, and what actions can be taken in the future leave few easy answers.
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Questions about how these deaths happen, the circumstances surrounding them, and what actions can be taken in the future leave few easy answers.
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In Custody: Overdose and withdrawal deaths in police custody
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September 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
In Custody: Overdose and withdrawal deaths in police custody
Questions about how these deaths happen, the circumstances surrounding them, and what actions can be taken in the future leave few easy answers.
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Questions about how these deaths happen, the circumstances surrounding them, and what actions can be taken in the future leave few easy answers.
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Ideal Fish: The rise and fall of an experimental fish farm in Waterbury
Today, the former Ideal Fish building sits empty, and allegations have been made of stolen equipment and unmet financial obligations to make taxpayers whole.
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Today, the former Ideal Fish building sits empty, and allegations have been made of stolen equipment and unmet financial obligations to make taxpayers whole.
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Ideal Fish: The rise and fall of an experimental fish farm in Waterbury
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August 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Ideal Fish: The rise and fall of an experimental fish farm in Waterbury
Today, the former Ideal Fish building sits empty, and allegations have been made of stolen equipment and unmet financial obligations to make taxpayers whole.
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Today, the former Ideal Fish building sits empty, and allegations have been made of stolen equipment and unmet financial obligations to make taxpayers whole.
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Charter confusion: Weston town attorney access and budget transfers stir controversy
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Charter confusion: Weston town attorney access and budget transfers stir controversy
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August 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Charter confusion: Weston town attorney access and budget transfers stir controversy
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Passing the Buck: The path to clean drinking water can be long and expensive
Efforts to get safe water would take four years as she tried to navigate a bureaucratic system that continually “passed the buck” when it came to getting the situation resolved.
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Efforts to get safe water would take four years as she tried to navigate a bureaucratic system that continually “passed the buck” when it came to getting the situation resolved.
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Passing the Buck: The path to clean drinking water can be long and expensive
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July 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Passing the Buck: The path to clean drinking water can be long and expensive
Efforts to get safe water would take four years as she tried to navigate a bureaucratic system that continually “passed the buck” when it came to getting the situation resolved.
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Efforts to get safe water would take four years as she tried to navigate a bureaucratic system that continually “passed the buck” when it came to getting the situation resolved.
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Unsafe Space: Students allege two years of antisemitism at Yale University
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Unsafe Space: Students allege two years of antisemitism at Yale University
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June 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Unsafe Space: Students allege two years of antisemitism at Yale University
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Acting Blue: evidence of fraudulent political donations targeting retirees
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Acting Blue: evidence of fraudulent political donations targeting retirees
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June 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Acting Blue: evidence of fraudulent political donations targeting retirees
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A Rat’s Long Tale: How a distribution facility proposal upended Middlebury
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A Rat’s Long Tale: How a distribution facility proposal upended Middlebury
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May 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A Rat’s Long Tale: How a distribution facility proposal upended Middlebury
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👏 Huge shout-out to our community member Inside Investigator for winning a whopping 26 awards last month from the Society of Professional Journalists, Connecticut Press Club, and the New England Newspaper & Press Association.
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In 2019, policy changed from one-for-one needle exchange, where users are only given clean needles in exchange for dirty ones, to "needs-based distribution."
From 2011-18, 114,693 distributed needles were not returned.
From 2019-23, there were 2,487,747.
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From 2011-18, 114,693 distributed needles were not returned.
From 2019-23, there were 2,487,747.
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Needs-based or needless? A 2,327% spike in unreturned IV drug needles.
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April 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
In 2019, policy changed from one-for-one needle exchange, where users are only given clean needles in exchange for dirty ones, to "needs-based distribution."
From 2011-18, 114,693 distributed needles were not returned.
From 2019-23, there were 2,487,747.
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From 2011-18, 114,693 distributed needles were not returned.
From 2019-23, there were 2,487,747.
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For the incarcerated, FOIA has the potential to be a powerful tool to mount a defense against a wrongful conviction. But navigating the law is not always easy for incarcerated requesters or for public agencies responding to requests sent from behind bars.
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Sole Suspect: Using FOIA Behind Bars
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April 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
For the incarcerated, FOIA has the potential to be a powerful tool to mount a defense against a wrongful conviction. But navigating the law is not always easy for incarcerated requesters or for public agencies responding to requests sent from behind bars.
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The CEO has been placed on paid leave, a for-profit start-up business they invested in was closed, and the company is now facing a whistleblower complaint with the state auditors, and a complaint with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.
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High Impact: State contractor puts CEO on leave, launches investigation
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April 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The CEO has been placed on paid leave, a for-profit start-up business they invested in was closed, and the company is now facing a whistleblower complaint with the state auditors, and a complaint with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.
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In Office: Time sheets show Dach in office while traveling; taking few meetings
There appear to have been ten occasions between Jan 2023 and Jan 2024 when Dach may have logged work time when he was not in the office and possibly conducting personal business.
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There appear to have been ten occasions between Jan 2023 and Jan 2024 when Dach may have logged work time when he was not in the office and possibly conducting personal business.
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In Office: Time sheets show Dach in office while traveling; taking few meetings
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March 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In Office: Time sheets show Dach in office while traveling; taking few meetings
There appear to have been ten occasions between Jan 2023 and Jan 2024 when Dach may have logged work time when he was not in the office and possibly conducting personal business.
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There appear to have been ten occasions between Jan 2023 and Jan 2024 when Dach may have logged work time when he was not in the office and possibly conducting personal business.
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